Coming 15 years after That Thing You Do!, Tom Hanks's second, confident outing as a feature director finds him co-writing a lighter-than-air trifle with old family friend Nia Vardalos, who's made nothing but awful films since initially charming audience A lighter-than-air trifle By BRETT MICHEL | July 08, 2011

As Robert Siegel explores the idea of what happens when reality curb-stomps overblown expectation, it's hard not to feel a visceral twinge of empathy. On the shoulders of Giants fans By SHAULA CLARK | September 22, 2009

Tom Hanks is back as Harvard symbology professor Robert Langdon, but the filmmakers have ditched the long hair and allowed Hanks to look like an early-fiftysomething (which he is) instead of The Da Vinci Code 's 40ish hipster wanna-be. Angels & Demons has it all By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 15, 2009

I think that the World Health Organization is probably better. I don’t even know what they do, but I’m sure they’re more productive than underpants. We put a visiting comic on the hot seat By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | February 26, 2008

In this follow-up to the 2004’s National Treasure , renowned relic hunter Benjamin Gage finds his family line linked to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Taut, but the pieces don't fit By TOM MEEK | December 26, 2007

I enjoyed Brokeback Mountain and thought it did a good job of trying to give the rest of the world a window into the joys and sorrows of men loving men. Equal rites By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | November 29, 2006

“I have a summer castle out on the Cape,” says Harvard senior Kyle Berkman. “But for most of us, this is our only castle.” Inside The Harvard Lampoon , where getting in could be your ticket to Hollywood — or not By MIKE MILIARD | November 02, 2006

You’d have expected this trio to arrive as a boxed set, but for reasons even Dan Brown might be hard-pressed to explain, the Da Vinci Code soundtrack is on Decca instead of Sony. Three movie tie-in discs By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 23, 2006

That Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide phenomenon attests to the worldwide yearning for a better truth than the one we have. Ron Howard illustrates The Da Vinci Code By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 19, 2006

With close to 60 million copies in print worldwide and a film version starring Tom Hanks opening on May 18, The Da Vinci Code is a galloping success. Leonardo da Vinci’s work is coded, all right — as gay By MICHAEL BRONSKI | May 17, 2006

With the release of yet another film starring former Saturday Night Live stars trying in vain to recapture the glories of their Lorne Michaels days - that would be The Benchwarmers starring David Spade and Rob Schneider The 20 best and 20 worst performances from SNL alumni By RYAN STEWART | April 13, 2006

Besides its other contributions to pop culture, The Sopranos spawned a prime-time genre that might be called the “suburban-rebel soap.” HBO’s lighthearted look at polygamy By JOYCE MILLMAN | March 10, 2006